Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Language:
English.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Copyright of portions of this collection has been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCLA. All requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Norman Cousins, 1984-1987.

Gift of Mrs. Ellen Cousins, 1991.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Norman Cousins papers (Collection 1385). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Cousins was born on June 24, 1915 in Union Hill, New Jersey; attended Teachers College, Columbia University; began working
at New York post as the education editor, 1934-35; worked at Current history as book reviewer, literary editor, and managing
editor, 1935-40; married Eleanor (Ellen) Kopf in 1939; executive editor (1940-42), and editor-in-chief (1942-71) of
Saturday Review Of Literature, later known as
Saturday Review; editor of
World (1972-73),
Saturday Review/World (1973-74), and
Saturday Review (1975-78); worked on editorial board of Office of War Information during World War II; he was involved with organizations
fostering world government and control of nuclear weapons, serving as president of United World Federalists from 1952-54 and
as founding member of the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE); founded US-USSR and US-Chinese Writers Conferences;
served as a diplomat during 3 presidential administrations; produced numerous books on political, social, and medical issues;
adjunct professor of medical humanities, UCLA, beginning in 1978, where he initiated the Task Force in Psychoneuroimmunology;
received many awards, including the United Nations Peace Medal, the Albert Schweitzer Prize of Humanitarianism, and nearly
fifty honorary doctorate degrees; he died on Nov. 30, 1990 in Los Angeles, CA.

Scope and Content

Collection covers the range of Cousins' career as magazine editor, author, and professor, with particular concentration in
the subject areas of world government and medical issues, mostly concerning the role of the mind in healing the body. It consists
of correspondence, subject files, photographs, scrapbooks, videotapes, audio tapes, datebooks and calendars, telephone logs,
posters, and drafts of editorials, articles, speeches, radio broadcasts, and books.